A global research effort led by Colorado State University shows that extreme, prolonged drought conditions in grasslands and shrublands would greatly limit the long-term health of crucial ecosystems ...

Adapted from “Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sonora Babb” by Iris Jamal Dunkle (University of California Press, 2024). Used with permission. Sanora Babb, who grew up in a dugout farming broomcorn ...

Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California, typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” the Dust Bowlers who stayed overcame an almost unbelievable series of ...

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s left a deep mark on the Great Plains, not only for farming families but also for wildlife. Images of dark skies and abandoned homes often define the event, yet the ...

Alyssa Colman is the author of the middle grade fantasy The Tarnished Garden and the companion novel The Gilded Girl. Here she reflects on her research behind her forthcoming book, Where Only Storms ...

Dust storms in the Borderland are nothing new, but the severity of the weather events and their frequency have worsened, statistics note. Thomas Gill, professor of Environmental Science and ...

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